Category: The Return

This essay was inspired by a comment I saw on Reddit. I won't name names or link links, but the gist of it was this: "Stop using the term 'Red Room', there is no such place. It is the Black Lodge." The comment attracted several upvotes, indicating popular support for this opinion. I have to …

Welcome back to The Waiting Room. This will be the second week of my ongoing attempt to better understand and decode what I believe was an 18 hour masterpiece, Twin Peaks: The Return. If you missed the last week's column, What Exactly Is An 18 Hour Film? Audrey Is The New Chet Desmond & More …

Notes from the Bookhouse is my new weekly column! My hope is that this will be a place to do some theorizin', some speculatin', and to generally discuss the big topics of the Twin Peaks world. This week, we hammered out exactly which of the many competing and complementary theories tickled our fancies and rocked …

America is a fascinating place for a multitude of reasons. For artists and storytellers, one of the most interesting aspects of this diverse and contrasting country is that it has such a strong sense of identity and a powerful narrative about its position in the world. A key component of that fundamental American story is …

In Season 2, Episode 9 Deputy Tommy ‘Hawk’ Hill tells Agent Dale Cooper, “You’re on the path. You don’t need to know where it leads. Just follow.” Wise words coming from one of the more beloved characters of Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: The Return. Hawk was not only an honorable man, but I consider …

Notes from the Bookhouse is my new weekly column! My hope is that this will be a place to do some theorizin', some speculatin', and to generally discuss the big topics of the Twin Peaks world. Today we've got a trio of Bookhouse Babes (Eileen, Jenn, and myself) in the house to talk about the …

Welcome to my very late (but still insanely relevant) review of the Twin Peaks finale! Previously on Twin Peaks: Agent Cooper raced to the Pacific Northwest as his doppelgänger did the same. Audrey Horne was freaking out in a white room. Ed and Norma were probably making sweet, sweet love on top of a rickety …

If you build it, they will come. Well, we built it, and 572 people stopped by to fill out our Best Of survey last week! People from all walks of life, all over the world, joined together to share their views and opinions of the amazing experience that we all shared this summer. This is …

The consensus between many members of our staff (and beyond) is that there is an element of circular narration happening in The Return. They have looked at this element in many different ways - John’s recent article Cooper’s Time Loop Isn’t Just His, where he suggests that, much like the infinity symbol, Cooper’s loop is …

Shall I tell you a story? About Johnny McGory? Shall I begin it? That's all that's in it. - Traditional Irish nursery rhyme When confronted with a mystery, the human mind reacts by trying to unravel it. This is what makes us so amazing. This drive to understand is the reason our ancestors told elaborate …